Same Time, Same Channel, Same Protest: Live Feed From Downtown Athens

It seems like it was just yesterday (and the day before, and the day before that) that we linked to the live feed from Athens' Syntagma square. Oh yes it was. Having narrowly avoided the midday sun, another balmy evening sees the exodus of tens of thousands of Greeks to the front patio of the parliament, where they will now chant in protest of a minimum retirement age of 58 for a few hours, go back to work tomorrow, then repeat the whole spectacle all over again. And while not so desperate Atheneian housewives bang on pots and pans, the Santorini/Ibiza-for-confetti asset swap is currently being finalized.

Tater just wants to kick some anti-war, ex-marine, libertarian, freedom lovers ass. If you let a bunch of people dance at the Jefferson Memorial, the whole structure of the American "Patriot Act, TSA, CIA, NSA, Homeland Security" way of life is at risk.

"This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no fooling around!"

Several thousand need to go to prison, even though hundreds of thousands were complicit in fraud. A RICO case does not require that conspirators talk to each other, merely that they implicitly cooperate in illegal behavior.

The people in those countries are no longer willing to listen to anyone any more. Not politicians not the media, nothing. It's just that those in power are so damn stupid,living in a little world of their own, that they don't realize the potential of the situation and how downright dangerous and out of hand it can get.

You have the right to protect your own life, liberty, and justly acquired property from the forceful aggression of others. So you may rightfully ask others to help protect you. But you do NOT have a right to initiate force against the life, liberty, or property of others. Thus, you have NO right to designate some person to initiate force against others on your behalf.

You cannot give Govt. Officials any rights that you do not have yourself.

The political justification used by Enlightenment thinkers that 'private property' - which they more or less invented out of thin air - was sacrosanct at the same time as they're stealing América and capturing Africans for the 'free market' is one of the best examples of self-serving hypocrisy provided to us by history.

(ANA-MPA)-Greece comes first, prime minister George Papandreou said on Sunday, adding that he will do his duty in the face of the risk of Greece remaining years behind, during an address to local officials in Kalavryta.

"At this time, the country comes first. Not myself, nor PASOK, nor the political parties. In the face of the risk of Greece remaining years behind, I will do my duty. I do not care about petty-party politics and the political cost," Papandreou said.(ANA-MPA) "At this time, the country comes first. Not myself, nor PASOK, nor the political parties. In the face of the risk of Greece remaining years behind, I will do my duty. I do not care about petty-party politics and the political cost, "Papandreou said. (ANA-MPA)

The premier said that from the outset he had sought cooperation so that the country would exit the crisis more quickly while, on last week's meeting of the political party leaders chaired by the President of the Republic, he said that "we converge on many things".(ANA-MPA) The premier said that from the outset he had sought cooperation so that the country would exit the crisis more quickly while, on last week's meeting of the political party leaders chaired by the President of the Republic, he said that "we converge on many things" . (ANA-MPA)

"Political will is needed to transcend the party interests, and this will be proven in action. We can be different, but not enemies," Papandreou said, urging that such a picture of seriousness on the part of the country would give a resounding reply to those who doubt Greece.(ANA-MPA) "Political will is needed to transcend the party interests, and this will be proven in action. We can be different, but not enemies," Papandreou said, urging that such a picture of seriousness on the part of the country would give a resounding reply to those who doubt Greece. (ANA-MPA)

In the name of Greece, I will do my duty ..... now, kindly, bend over!

The pity of it all, is that people still place their hopes in politicians.

This is what Papandreou wrote in 2009:

Yet many of the measures taken in both the United States and Europe to bail out failed banks and shore up ailing industries seem designed to perpetuate a global financial system that is both politically corrupt and morally bankrupt. Fixated on saving the banks, governments are paying little attention to the people who are losing their homes and jobs, their savings and their pensions, as a result of financial decisions beyond their control. The failure of governments to enforce effective regulation of the corporate giants and banking elites has undermined the integrity of our democracies. No wonder taxpayers feel outraged: they’ve inherited trillions of dollars of bad debt, while bankers walk away with millions of dollars of personal wealth.

"...in charge..." ain't quite the same as "in power". Not sure how many people see politicians as "saviours" anymore. Or even anything other than public liabilities that must be endured and well paid, then awarded, rewarded and pensioned off to private industry. Pretty much everyone I know (in many parts of the world) regards them as just snouts in the trough.

I'm off to Torrevieja in Spain tomorrow, little job at a Desal plant there. Looking forward to some first hand chat with the natives on whats brewing. I'm going to tape some half ounce sovereigns to my gut just in case all hell flies when I'm over there and I need a friendly pilot to get me home....

you should be fine with any name brand metal.. passport with you at all times. do you have a travel bag / hide bag that is on the inside of your clothes instead of a pocket on the outside? to keep your bug out stuff in?

Good Luck and Have some fun! if you can take pics and talk to some people maybe you can give us a zero hedge first hand report? Tyler I am sure would post it!

Fuck that! Germany is lucky to be able to have money to give away.. if it was up to me I would have en-slaved that Country for the 1,000 years they bitched about the whole fucking time.. and NO! I dont give a fuck that, that happed last century! and yes I would en-slave your punk ass for saying such shit!